Culture
Neecheewam Inc. strives to cultivate life skills through the development of relationships and culturally appropriate teachings.
Neecheewam Inc. strives to cultivate life skills through the development of relationships and culturally appropriate teachings.
Tyler Armstrong interviews Yolanda Twance, coordinator of Aboriginal Cultural & Support Services (ACSS) at Lakehead University. ACSS offers many different services to Aboriginal students on the Thunder Bay Campus. ACSS offers academic and individual services (ie., individual tutoring, group workshops, and gatherings with partners across the city), as well as cultural services, such as sweat […]
Tyler Armstrong interviews Yolanda Twance, coordinator of Aboriginal Cultural & Support Services (ACSS) at Lakehead University. ACSS offers many different services to Aboriginal students on the Thunder Bay Campus. ACSS offers academic and individual services (ie., individual tutoring, group workshops, and gatherings with partners across the city), as well as cultural services, such as sweat lodge ceremonies, feasts, cultural teachings and much more.
Urban Hide Tanning in Somba K’e
Dene Nahjo’s Annual Urban Hide Tanning Camp is a reclamation of urbanized space in the heart of Somba K’e. They host a two week long camp in Somba K’e park, where guests are invited to witness or participate in hide tanning. There are Elders and experienced hide tanners available to mentor learners and share stories. Thousands of people have passed through Dene Nahjo’s Urban Hide Tanning Camp, including many students and hide tanning learners. This camp is an Indigenous safe space for us, as Indigenous people, to learn, have fun, make mistakes, make relationships and be vulnerable.
Indigenous education within the school district 54 of northern BC
Indigenous education within the school district 54 of northern BC
Le Wapikoni Mobile est un studio ambulant de formation et de création audiovisuelle des Premières Nations. Il circule dans les communautés autochtones et offre aux jeunes des Premières Nations des ateliers permettant la maîtrise des outils numériques par la réalisation de courts métrages et d’œuvres musicales. Depuis 2004, 4600 participant.es ont ainsi été formé.es ou […]
Le Wapikoni Mobile est un studio ambulant de formation et de création audiovisuelle des Premières Nations. Il circule dans les communautés autochtones et offre aux jeunes des Premières Nations des ateliers permettant la maîtrise des outils numériques par la réalisation de courts métrages et d’œuvres musicales. Depuis 2004, 4600 participant.es ont ainsi été formé.es ou initié.es au cinéma documentaire ou à l’enregistrement musical dans 69 communautés autochtones au Canada et à l’étranger. Le Wapikoni combat l’isolement et le suicide chez les jeunes des Premières Nations en développant des compétences artistiques, techniques, sociales et professionnelles et contribue à la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel des Premières Nations. http://www.wapikoni.ca/
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Donna Lerat teaches early learners their Cree identity through language and music at the K’Awasis Daycare.
Donna Lerat is the Director of the K’Awasis Daycare on Cowesses First Nation, Saskatchewan. She has observed her community lose their cultural identity and language. At the Daycare, Lerat has implemented an Indigenous language and cultural protocols program for early learners to age twelve. By introducing young people, and the daycare staff, to Cree language and traditions, Lerat hopes to be part of the change whereby young people learn Cree, and learn, not just how to, but why they practice Cree cultural protocols and traditions. Cree language recordings and music are played throughout the day and children practice vocabulary related to numeracy, months, animals, basic words, and phrases related to greetings. Opportunities to engage early learners in Cree language acquisition will better equip them to learn Cree in school settings and that success will, hopefully, make them proud and confident Cree language speakers.
The ASLA program, developed by Dr. S. Neyooxet Greymorning, is being delivered by Paula Mackinaw to teach Cree with the Miyo Wahkotowin Education Authority in Maskwacis, Alberta.
The Accelerated Second Language Acquisition (ASL) program, developed by Dr. Steven Neyooxet Greymorning, has been modified and is being delivered by Paula Mackinaw with the Miyo Wahkotowin Education Authority in Maskwacis, Alberta. The ASLA program is taught in the target language, Cree, and is very repetitive and forces the learner to think in the target language. It is all oral with many visuals. It helps students develop an identity and traditional culture. It produces thinkers and speakers of the language taught.
L’École des Quatre Vents de Chicoutimi accueille depuis près d’une année le Projet particulier à valeur autochtone. Ce projet, visant la réussite scolaire des élèves autochtones, offre des cours pour les jeunes élèves de la préscolaire à la 3e année du primaire. L’École des Quatre Vents est la première école primaire offrant un programme adapté […]
L’École des Quatre Vents de Chicoutimi accueille depuis près d’une année le Projet particulier à valeur autochtone. Ce projet, visant la réussite scolaire des élèves autochtones, offre des cours pour les jeunes élèves de la préscolaire à la 3e année du primaire. L’École des Quatre Vents est la première école primaire offrant un programme adapté aux besoins des élèves autochtones habitant en milieu urbain. Il s’agit d’un modèle inclusif où jeunes autochtones et allochtones se fréquentent, apprennent à se connaître et à partager leurs cultures. Le projet à valeur autochtone permet d’offrir un enseignement de qualité aux élèves tout en leur permettant de préserver leurs croyances, leur langue et leur culture. De plus, « l’apport de la culture autochtone est intégré au sein de l’école » (Commission scolaire des Rives-du-Saguenay, 2017), et ce, de façon générale. Ainsi, à l’École des Quatre Vents, les élèves peuvent développer leur plein potentiel, puisqu’on retrouve des enseignements et des services adaptés aux besoins des jeunes autochtones vivant en milieu urbain. Pour ce projet, la direction de l’École des Quatre Vents a consulté divers acteurs du milieu de l’éducation autochtones, tels que les directions scolaires, les enseignants, les parents, les membres des communautés, afin de créer un milieu éducatif qui correspond aux besoins des jeunes. Il s’agit d’un milieu accueillant et sécurisant pour les jeunes et leurs parents. On y retrouve d’ailleurs plusieurs locaux, dont deux salles de classe et une salle parents-enfants qui ont été réfléchies selon les spécificités culturelles des élèves autochtones. À travers ce projet, plusieurs objectifs sont poursuivis. La persévérance scolaire, l’intégration de plusieurs aspects culturels dans le milieu éducatif, la création d’un milieu sécurisant et stimulant pour les jeunes, l’implication des parents dans l’éducation de leurs enfants, en sont des exemples. L’apprentissage de la langue maternelle y est primordial et on retrouve des activités de valorisation culturelles promouvant les oeuvres, les traditions et l’identité autochtone. Bibliographie Commission scolaire des Rives-du-Saguenay. (2017). Projet particulier pour les élèves autochtones. Chicoutimi, Québec : Commission scolaire des Rives-du-Saguenay.
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Gilbert Kewistep educates future generations of social workers who, he hopes will, ask tough questions, be inclusive of Elders, be involved in community agencies, and effect meaningful change.
Gilbert Kewistep is a Professor in the Saskatchewan Indigenous Social Work program at First Nations University of Canada. He believes that in order for his students to be successful in their role as social workers they must understand their culture and history of Indigenous people in this province and country. We must educate the current and future Indigenous social workers, and the Canadian public about the effects of residential schools, reconciliation, and the sixties scoop. He hopes that with the knowledge his student’s gain from the program and with guidance from Elders, that they will effect positive change for Indigenous people through social work.
Using a Cree immersion curriculum, the Kihew Waciston Cree Immersion School provides youth with opportunities to know who they are and where they come from.
The Kihew Waciston (Onion Lake) Cree Immersion School was developed in 2005 by a Cree linguist, Brian Macdonald, and local leadership. The school educates the next generation of language and cultural keepers and focuses on language retention, spoken language, and Cree identity. The school’s language outcomes are adapted from the provincial curriculum, but remain centered around speaking, listening, reading, and writing. They follow four foundational objectives which include: language development, kinship, identity, and reminding the youth about who they are. The school’s curriculum has been developed using the Gift of Language immersion program, which is intended for early childhood to Grade 4. The school hopes to engage more language learners as new curriculum for additional grades are developed.
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